Census-designated place · Zavala County, Texas

La Pryor, Texas

La Pryor is a census-designated place in Zavala County, Texas. It has 1,236 residents. La Pryor, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,876 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #899 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), firearm deaths (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), food environment index (low) and reading scores (low).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,876 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #899 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,236 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 463.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4841452

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety60#6,302/15,637
Economy1#15,430/15,631
Housing43#8,538/14,977
Health23#11,959/15,609
Healthcare0#15,626/15,650
Environment49#7,910/15,453
Education3#15,218/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,645/15,650
Community0#15,647/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,212/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where La Pryor, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Zavala County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataZavala County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataZavala County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataZavala County value
Grocery stores · high2.2 /10k
81/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsZavala County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
80/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077High uncertainty
Comfortable days · high30.2%
79/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationZavala County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.0 /10k
0/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesZavala County value
Food environment index · low3.2
0/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteZavala County value
Reading scores · low2.24
0/100Texas 2.89United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteZavala County value
Mammography screening · low22.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteZavala County value
Traffic deaths · high76.5 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataZavala County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsZavala County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,466 (2015-2019) → 1,236 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
63.0% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
38.0% (2015-2019) → 74.9% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.0% (2015-2019) → 83.8% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
51.7% (2015-2019) → 80.9% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
20.7 min (2015-2019) → 43.0 min (2020-2024)
+108%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, La Pryor, Texas improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Child poverty−37 points63.0% → 25.8%
Broadband+37 points38.0% → 74.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of La Pryor, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	43.0 min2020-2024	+22.3 min	Within the margin of error	0%
Broadband subscriptions	38.0%2015-2019	74.9%2020-2024	+37 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	63.0%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−37 points	Improved	99%
High school diploma or higher	51.7%2015-2019	80.9%2020-2024	+29 points	Within the margin of error	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3542015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.088	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	37.9%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	+20 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	26.0%2015-2019	22.2%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like La Pryor, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of La Pryor, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like La Pryor, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, La Pryor, Texas itself moved −33.3 points in standing on average over the same 5 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,236 residents (±374)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

399 households (±130)

La Pryor, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k48%†192
$25k–50k9.5%†38
$50k–75k21%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

399 households (±130)

La Pryor, Texas
Texas share

Own74%†295
Rent26%†104

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

420 workers (±147)

La Pryor, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone90%†376
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Zavala County, the county holding most of La Pryor's residents.

Zavala County has 96 employer establishments, 103 for every 10,000 residents (0.41× the US rate of 248; 0.47× Texas's), with 1,367 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,020. The Census Bureau also counts 886 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 96; 886 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 103; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,367
Average annual pay: $42,020; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Zavala County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	11	11.7	0.64×Fewer than typical	108	$17,944	23
Specialty trade contractors	8	8.5	0.55×Too few to compare	268	$53,302	67
Gasoline stations	7	7.5	2.31×Too few to compare	82	$17,902	—
Full-service restaurants	6	6.4	0.83×Too few to compare	41	$19,000	12
Truck transportation	6	6.4	1.27×Too few to compare	8	$50,125	75
Ambulatory health care services	5	5.3	0.26×Too few to compare	104	$37,683	—
Child day care services	5	5.3	2.19×Too few to compare	34	$22,971	40
Limited-service restaurants	5	5.3	0.67×Too few to compare	67	$17,299	5
Other specialty trade contractors	5	5.3	2.13×Too few to compare	257	$54,584	24
Banks and credit unions	4	4.3	1.32×Too few to compare	31	$33,935	—
Religious organizations	4	4.3	0.77×Too few to compare	12	$16,667	—
Traveler accommodation	4	4.3	2.37×Too few to compare	23	$11,870	—

Rank places for an industry Open Zavala County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,365 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: La Pryor is mostly in Zavala County.

See federal money in Zavala County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

La Pryor, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Zavala County3100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Zavala County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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La Pryor, Texas

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved2

Declined0

Cities and towns like La Pryor, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contracts performed here

Representation in Congress

Senate

County

Other cities and towns in Zavala County

Similar cities and towns

Data and sources

Improved2

Declined0

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Senate